In photos: North America looks up at the solar eclipse

Globe and Mail Update

August 21, 2017August 21, 2017

For the first time in decades, the long dark finger of the moon’s shadow swept across the continental United States, plunging entire cities and towns into an eerie midday darkness. And for a few precious minutes it was possible to look up and be reminded that we are but spectators in a grand celestial ballet that has been under way since the solar system was born.